lunes, 29 de abril de 2019

From Plate to Plough: Cow and cane | The Indian Express

From Plate to Plough: Cow and cane | The Indian Express



From Plate to Plough: Cow and cane

Farm distress, particularly the stray cattle menace and the crisis in livestock sector, and mounting sugarcane arrears could dampen the BJP’s performance in UP.

The grand road show of PM Modi in Varanasi seemed to suggest that the mood of the voters is still upbeat. (Illustration by Suvajit Dey)


If one wants to know the quality of our evolving democracy, one must watch the ongoing election campaign in India. It is great fun too. And nothing is more interesting than tracking it in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the real political battle is being fought. As they say the road to Delhi’s power goes through UP. It accounts for 80 of the 543 parliamentary seats. In the 2014 election, BJP and its allies swept UP with 73 out of 80 seats. Although Narendra Modi came from Gujarat, he contested from Varanasi and scored a thumping victory in 2014. Most agree that it was Modi wave in 2014!

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